aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Another KBR rape in Iraq

The other day we learned from Jane Harmon in this LATimes OpEd that “Women serving in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq.”

Today we read in The Nation of another KBR contractor who alleges she was gang-raped in Iraq. The story is graphic and disturbing. Perhaps most disturbing:

Most of these complaints never see the light of day, thanks to the fine print in employee contracts that compels employees into binding arbitration instead of allowing their complaints to be tried in a public courtroom. Criminal prosecutions are practically nonexistent, as the US Justice Department has turned a blind eye to these cases.

Via Crooks and Liars.